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 ==== The happy couple ====
+{{ :garden:intro:2026:pix: img_0174.jpeg?direct&240|David and Maura walking near the Puyallup river}}After a couple of years we have completed many of the urgent developments to our property, so it was good to take time off for a pre-Easter walk along the Puyallup river near Orting. We celebrated our outing with an excellent Mexican meal at Los Pinos restaurant.\\
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+==== And Annie =====
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+{{ :garden:intro:2026:pix: img_6656.jpeg?direct&200|Still surprising us!}}Annie sleeps a lot, but still wakes up barking during the night to take her out. But we enjoy her snuggling with us on the sofa, We often remember our Good Boy Flip who isn't with us any more.\\
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+==== Mounds of lettuce this year ====
-{{ :garden:intro:2024:08_img_5761.jpg?direct&200|}}Maura planted flowers and vegetables on the west deck along with a Sungold tomato plant at the south garden.\\
+=== Brown Goldring ===
+{{ :garden:intro:2026:pix: img_6765.jpeg?direct&200|Brown edge lettuce}}
+Brown Goldring has dark green, crunchy leaves with bronze tips and slightly frilled leaf margins. It's an unusual lettuce having xcellent sweet flavor.It is cold hardy, needing little protection to overwinter and it grows fairly well in the summer, too.
+Brown Goldring is our sandwich lettuce - tasty and with lots of vitamin C.
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+=== Cerise Oak Leaf===
+{{ :garden:intro:2026:pix: img_6766.jpeg?direct&200|Cherise from Adaptive seeds}}Doesn't bolt in the summer and survives cold weather. This is our salad lettuce - not the tastiest though with good sweet flavor, Cerise is unusually attractive!\\
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->> Get photo of the Early Girl plant????
 ==== Fence extended  ====
-We added two panels and moved two existing panels to add about 600 square feet to the east side of the garden.
+{{ :garden:infrastructure:expansion:04_dji_0668.jpeg?direct&160|}}}We added two panels and moved two existing panels to add about 600 square feet to the east side of the garden. For more see [[..:infrastructure:expansion|Garden expansion.]]\\
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 ==== More raised beds ====
+{{ :garden:infrastructure:expansion:03_img_6677.jpeg?direct&200|3 more raised beds}}And we added raised beds to grow more like those we grew with in 2025 from [[https://vegogarden.com|Vego Garden.]]\\
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-We added 3 beds likke those we grew with in 2025.
+{{ :garden:intro:2026:pix:img_6853.jpeg?direct&200|}}{{ :garden:intro:2026:pix:img_6779.jpeg?direct&200|}}And with more space we sowed an entire raised bed  corn seeds. Growing corn requires a significant quantity of stalks with tassels to fertilize the silks of the corn ears.\\
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-Added three raised beds from Vego Garden Vego Garden,
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-And with more beds were sowed corn seeds in an entire raised bed. Growing corn requires a significant quantity of stalks with tassles to fertilize the silks of the corn ears.
+Now we can devote an entire bed to a trellis for plants such as pole beans and squash.\\
-And we can devote an entire bed to a trellis for plants such as pole beans and squash.
 ==== Trellises ====
-We used a cattle panel from Wilco, the farm store, as a trellis.
+We used a cattle panel from Wilco, the farm store, as a trellis. Some gardeners take a long cattle panel like thi, bending it to create an arch from one bed to another. Our garden layout didn't allow the extra space required so we cut one in half and mounted each in a raised bed.
-Some gardeners take such a long cattle panel, bending it to create an arch from one bed to another. Our garden layout didn't allow the extra space required so we cut one in half and mounted each in a raised bed.
+We intended to grow pole beans, and "something else," which turned out as an experiment in growing winter squash on a trellis.
-We intended to grow pole beans, and "something else," which turned out as an experiment in growing winter squash on a trellis.
+For details see this page: [[..:infrastructure:trellises|Trellises]].
 ==== Transplanting volunteer native plants ====